Example sentences of "i tried [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 2 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 3 | Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried to kill myself with a drugs overdose . |
| 5 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |
| 6 | I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jamila . |